Property of a Notable Gentleman
1116
Rolex
Ref. 16520
Cosmograph Daytona
A fine and rare stainless steel chronograph wristwatch with suspended logo, bracelet, additional case back, bracelet, original guarantee and fitted presentation box
- Estimate
- HK$200,000 - 300,000€24,100 - 36,100$25,000 - 38,000
HK$375,000
Lot Details
- Manufacturer
- Rolex
- Year
- Circa 1989
- Reference No
- 16520
- Movement No
- 11'772
- Case No
- R900969
- Model Name
- Cosmograph Daytona
- Material
- Stainless steel
- Calibre
- Automatic, 4030, 31 jewels
- Bracelet/Strap
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex Oyster</em> bracelet, 185 mm. maximum length
- Clasp/Buckle
- Stainless steel <em>Rolex </em>folding deployant clasp
- Dimensions
- 39 mm. diameter
- Signed
- <em>Case, dial and movement signed</em>
- Accessories
- With <em>Rolex </em>Attestation de Chronomètre Officiel dated 25 February 1989, additional case back, bracelet, product literature, instruction manual, leather wallet, fitted presentation box and outer packaging.
Specialist
Full-Cataloguing
Catalogue Essay
This automatic Daytona has many distinguishing features and sought after attributes.
The first is that it is an 'R' series, indicating production in 1987, which is the first year that the automatic Daytona was introduced. The watch is also fitted with the highly sought after black glossy dial featuring the floating 'Cosmograph' signature. The third is it is still retaining its original calibrated bezel graduated to 200 units per hour.
Finally the watch is furthermore accompanied by its original guarantee, additional case back and bracelet and is offered in very honest and appealing original condition.
The first is that it is an 'R' series, indicating production in 1987, which is the first year that the automatic Daytona was introduced. The watch is also fitted with the highly sought after black glossy dial featuring the floating 'Cosmograph' signature. The third is it is still retaining its original calibrated bezel graduated to 200 units per hour.
Finally the watch is furthermore accompanied by its original guarantee, additional case back and bracelet and is offered in very honest and appealing original condition.
Literature
Rolex
Swiss | 1905Founded in 1905 England by Hans Wilsdorf and Alfred Davis as Wilsdorf & Davis, it soon became known as the Rolex Watch Company in 1915, moving its headquarters to Geneva in 1919. Like no other company, the success of the wristwatch can be attributed to many of Rolex's innovations that made them one of the most respected and well-known of all luxury brands. These innovations include their famous "Oyster" case — the world's first water resistant and dustproof watch case, invented in 1926 — and their "Perpetual" — the first reliable self-winding movement for wristwatches launched in 1933. They would form the foundation for Rolex's Datejust and Day-Date, respectively introduced in 1945 and 1956, but also importantly for their sports watches, such as the Explorer, Submariner and GMT-Master launched in the mid-1950s.One of its most famous models is the Cosmograph Daytona. Launched in 1963, these chronographs are without any doubt amongst the most iconic and coveted of all collectible wristwatches. Other key collectible models include their most complicated vintage watches, including references 8171 and 6062 with triple calendar and moon phase, "Jean Claude Killy" triple date chronograph models and the Submariner, including early "big-crown" models and military-issued variants.
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